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RECHITSA, 8 August (BelTA) – Forms and methods of reaching out to young people should constantly improve, Head of the Belarus President Administration Natalya Kochanova said at a seminar held in Rechitsa on 8 August to discuss the contribution of government bodies and organizations to the implementation of the national youth policy, BelTA has learned.
Natalya Kochanova noted that the seminar had become a venue to talk over the tasks and instructions on the youth policy put forward by...

(BelTA) – The Belarusian steel mill BMZ does not intend to arrange an IPO or float eurobonds in the near future, BelTA learned from Ivan Demidov, Head of BMZ's Planning and Economic Analysis Office, on 12 July.
The executive specified: “We consider arranging an IPO in the more distant future and have no intention to do it any time soon.” The company also has no plans to float eurobonds for now.
Ivan Demidov explained that the company does not need loans or assistance of the state...

VETKA, 25 June (BelTA) – Interregional cooperation between bordering areas has multiple points for future growth. The opinion was expressed by Gomel Oblast Governor Vladimir Dvornik during the traditional meeting of representatives of the bordering regions of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine in the town of Vetka, Gomel Oblast on 23 June, BelTA has learned.
Delegations from Belarus’ Gomel Oblast, Russia’s Bryansk Oblast, and Ukraine’s Chernigov Oblast took part in the meeting....

GOMEL, 11 June (BelTA) – A Belarusian-Chinese applied science seminar is taking place in the Gomel State University on 11-13 June, the university’s Rector Sergei Khakhomov told BelTA.
Researchers from Gomel, the Nanjing University of Science and Technology, the Jiangnan University (the city of Wuxi), and the Taiyuan University of Technology will present results of their scientific work. Participants of the seminar are expected to analyze proposals on commercializing R&D results...

GOMEL, 30 May (BelTA) – The international conference Cross-Border Cooperation in Environmental Security and Environment Protection will take place at Francisk Skorina Gomel State University on 4-5 June, BelTA learned from the press service of the university.
The forum, in its fourth year, will bring together scientists, undergraduates, students, and employees of scientific research institutes, environmental organizations and IT companies. According to the press service of the...

GOMEL, 25 May (BelTA) – Nine investment documents to the total tune of more than $480 million were signed at the 15th Gomel Economic Forum on 25 May, BelTA informs.
Among the documents signed during the forum were one investment agreement and eight memorandums of understanding. The documents were signed by Gomel Oblast Governor Vladimir Dvornik and foreign and national investors. The governor noted that the development of foreign economic relations and the establishment of contacts...

GOMEL, 16 May (BelTA) – University students from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine are taking part in the tenth international championship Youth and Entrepreneurship, which opened in the Belarusian Trade and Economic University of Consumer Cooperation in Gomel on 16 May, BelTA has learned.
Some 120 people are expected to present their business ideas, educational and social projects over the course of two days.
Chairwoman of the Gomel Oblast Council of Deputies Yekaterina...

GOMEL (BelTA) – The Belarusian steel mill BMZ has expanded the overall export geography to 118 countries, the company’s press service told BelTA.
This year the steel mill BMZ has shipped a batch of rolled steel to Guatemala. In January-April 2018 BMZ also offered new kinds of metal products to Denmark and Mali.
According to the latest data, in January-April BMZ exported over $384 million worth of merchandise, 36% up from the same period of last year. Foreign customers received...

KIEV(BelTA) - The Belarusian agricultural machinery engineering company Gomselmash plans to ramp up exports to Ukraine by 50%, Dmitry Mulyar, head of the company's marketing center, told BelTA on the sidelines of the Made in Belarus expo.
Gomselmash views the Ukrainian market as a priority, Dmitry Mulyar underlined. “Last year, we sold there around 100 combine harvesters. In 2018 we plan to boost the exports by 50% and supply 150 vehicles. We expect to increase our exports to 800...

GOMEL(BelTA) – There are great prospects for future cooperation between Gomel Oblast and Russia’s Bryansk Oblast. Bryansk Oblast Vice Governor Yuri Mokrenko made the relevant statement during the solemn meeting held in Gomel on 2 April on the occasion of the Day of Unity of Peoples of Belarus and Russia, BelTA has learned.
Yuri Mokrenko noted that cooperation between Bryansk Oblast and Gomel Oblast covers virtually all spheres. Relations grow stronger in various fields. Bilateral trade...